SHOOTING STAR: The Nets, who are 11-26, have a much better 5-6 record when point guard Deron Williams takes 20 shots or more.Getty Images

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — OK, in the normal, real world, a 5-6 record is nothing really to celebrate or break out the bottled — not boxed — wine. In the Nets’ world, circa 2011-12, which hardly constitutes normal, 5-6 is not bad at all. Not when the overall record is 11-26. Nope, in that case, 5-6 is near playoff worthy.

That’s the Nets’ record when Deron Williams shoots 20 shots. Now you don’t want your point guard being totally shot-first but Williams is an exception. Sometimes, it is a very good thing — like when he took 22 shots in a 38-point tour de force that silenced Linsanity and the Knicks. Sometimes, it’s not so hot — like when he took 23, missed 14, in a wipeout loss by the Spurs.

But the bottom line of 5-6 is why coach Avery Johnson said Saturday that he doesn’t want to see any more outputs like Williams’ season low nine-shot effort in Boston on Friday. Johnson acknowledged, and Williams concurred, that a sore calf sustained in the All-Star Game has been troublesome, but the Nets, who ranked 25th in scoring at 92.6 points, need Williams’ output. And it could start tonight (6:00, YES, WFAN 660 AM) against the Bobcats (4-30).

“It could be a problem,” Johnson said of Williams’ sore leg/foot. “And then I just need to get him more shots. If he’s getting double-teamed, and then when you’re getting double-teamed sometimes we’d prefer him to shoot it. So shoot it, if we make it, great. We miss it, let’s go to the glass and get it.

“And you know Deron is a pass-first guy, he wants to pass, that’s his MO. But I think when he has that eye of the tiger, and whether it’s single coverage or double coverage, it actually makes us a better team.”

Examine 5-6 versus 6-20.

Williams, in his last two games has attempted 24 combined shots. He was just 3-of-15 in Dallas, but his direction and leadership were flawless — and he busted out strong so the off-night was a so-what thing. But then he went 4-of-9 against in Boston against the Celtics who trapped him and were determined to make someone else beat them.

“I was attacking the first 10 minutes, the first quarter of the game and then for some reason we just … calls weren’t going, they were going in the opposite direction,” Williams said, sounding like he was searching for answers (or biting his tongue). “A lot of it had to do with how they were playing me, they were trapping me. We don’t read the defenses well. We’re not coming off certain things and when I get trapped, we’ve got to learn to make the other pass so that they can’t do that. … We still try to force it. But it’ll come and I’ll be more aggressive.” Sore leg and all.

“I strained my [left] calf in the All-Star Game. So it’s been bothering me for a little bit,” Williams said. “But I came out good so I’m not using it as an excuse.”

Williams, of course, was the primary passing and scoring threat as Brook Lopez recovered from a broken foot that kept him out of the first 32 games. So there is a re-acclimation period.

“That’s normal,” Johnson said. “He wants to make sure we can play inside-out sometimes, and especially after Brook’s dominating performance in Dallas, there’s a tendency to say, ‘Well …’

“But for us, we’re better when Deron is taking more shots than anybody on the team — overall. Now, there will be nights where Brook takes more shots, but when Deron is aggressive to score, we’re a better team.”